“It is part of social and legal convention in the United States to discriminate against, ridicule, and abuse transgender and gender non-conforming people within foundational institutions such as the family, schools, the workplace and health care settings, every day. Instead of recognizing that the moral failure lies in society’s unwillingness to embrace different gender identities and expressions, society blames transgender and gender non-conforming people for bringing the discrimination and violence on themselves.”

The Face of Trans Discrimination

People who fall within the trans spectrum are confronted with shocking levels of discrimination. Even though lived experience varies from person to person, a 2011 report entitledInjustice at Every Turn identified the following areas where many people who self identify as transgender face systemic barriers and discrimination in the following areas:

Each bullet links to current events that demonstrate the discrimination that trans people have to face.

Injustice at Every Turn also notes that people of color, people with disabilities, and people of lower socio-economic status who identify as transgender face disproportionate levels of discrimination and harassment.

"The average life span of a transgender person is twenty-three years."